Nanoparticles produced from burning coal result in damage to mice lungs
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech scientists have discovered that incredibly small particles of an unusual and highly toxic titanium oxide ...
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Choosing common pain relievers: It’s complicated
Researchers examine benefits and risks of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugsCredit: Florida Atlantic University About 29 million Americans use over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ...
Extreme difficulty breathing and swallowing linked to teen’s vaping?
Credit: Children's National Hospital WASHINGTON - A teenage girl with no hint of prior asthma or respiratory illness began to ...
Study links three key variables to higher rural mortality rates in US
Credit: Health Affairs Since the 1980s, the all-cause mortality rate in the U.S for rural residents has exceeded that of ...
Radiologists describe coronavirus imaging features
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. (February 4, 2020) - In a special report published today in ...
UMass Amherst awarded multiyear contract to continue gambling impact research in Massachusetts
State Gaming Commission funds unprecedented examination of new casinos' socioeconomic effectsCredit: Umass Amherst The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has awarded a ...
High-tech printing may help eliminate painful shots
4D printing creates tiny needles inspired by parasites that could replace hypodermic needlesCredit: Riddish Morde Painful hypodermic needles may not ...
Medicaid expansion slashed uninsured rates in Diabetes Belt, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Medicaid expansion dramatically reduced the numbers of low-income residents without insurance in the Diabetes ...
Study links high stillbirth rates worldwide to gender inequality
Credit: Daniel Hallen for The University of Saskatchewan. In the first comprehensive study mapping global patterns of stillbirth rates, University ...
First childhood flu helps explain why virus hits some people harder than others
Researchers also report that travel-related screening for coronavirus will identify less than half of those infectedCredit: Dan Higgins/Courtesy of CDC/Douglas ...
Study paints picture of marijuana use in pregnant women
Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane As the use of marijuana is legalized in an ...
More than half of US opioid prescriptions for dental procedures exceeded 3-day supply recommendations from CDC 2016 guidelines
New largescale study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found overprescription of opioids by dentists common, particularly to patients ...
Hospital websites lack usability for non-English speakers
Credit: WSU SPOKANE, Wash. -- English proficiency shouldn't be a barrier to health care. That's why the federal government requires ...
Heart disease risk grows as women move through menopause
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3, 2020 - A marker for heart disease risk considerably worsens as women transition ...
Religiousness linked to improved quality of life for people with HIV
Credit: Children's National Hospital Adults living with HIV in Washington, D.C., were more likely to feel higher levels of emotional ...
Pinpointing rare disease mutations
New resource that categorises genes essential for supporting life could be used to identify rare disease mutationsCredit: Spencer Phillips EMBL-EBI ...
UC study shows dramatic increase in naloxone dispensing in Ohio
Naloxone can now be dispensed by a pharmacist without a prescription in some states. Researchers have found it's made a ...
IU study looks at the effect of Medicaid expansion on the SUD treatment workforce
Credit: Indiana University Lawmakers have focused a great deal of attention on alleviating the opioid public health crisis, while at ...
Get easily out of breath? It may be because you were small at birth, study finds
Credit: Karolinska Institutet Babies born with low birth weights are more likely to have poor cardiorespiratory fitness later in life ...
Obesity Medicine Association announces key updates to its 2020 Adult Obesity Algorithm
Identified as the most common cause of prevalent patient conditions, updates help clinicians better address chronic disease of obesityCredit: Obesity ...
